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I. B. PERSON & J. L. BROCKETT. NUMERATING REGISTER.

vN0. 8,304. Patented Aug 19, 1851.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA B. PERSON AND JOEL L. BROCKETT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

REGISTER FOR OlVINIBUS-DRIVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,304, dated August 19, 1851.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IRA B. PERSON and JOEL L. BRooKETT, of Baltimore,in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a newand useful machine, called a Numerating-Register, for ascerdescription.

The nature of our invention consists in: arranging one or more doors,legibly numbered, in a frame, in such a manner that, such specific sums,are reand pay the same through;

persons paying quired to open,

said doors; and attaching such machinery to suchdoor or doors, that itand they, rewill upon being so opened, regisdescribed, the number ofsuch specific sums so paid,

spectively, ter, in the manner hereinafter during any given time.

To enable others skilled in the art to make; and use our inventlon, wedescribe its con-'5 struction and operation as follows.

It consists of four doors,

ure,) as seen in Figure companymg drawlngs,

top plate,

(except the wood frame,

metal or metals, consisting of a frame, with in which is inserted wovenwire, or some other suitable and durable substance or fabric, to admitthe transmission of light;

and sound, as seen 1n the cross lines of Fig.3 2, and have each a numberlegibly and du--- to them. They are set in a' shutting close with: inthe same and close to each other. The: at the top and bottom; the axesof the rably aflixed frame of metallic plates,

horizontal plates, are perforated to receive several doors, whichproject far enough above the top plate to admit of the attachment of thesnail springs c, and far enough below the bottom plate to admit theattachment of the levers and nuts, seen in Fig. 3, letters T and Thebottom plate projects (which number; may be increased or diminished atpleas-j 2, (A,) in the aci (which are referred} to and made part of thisspecification), which doors have their axes upon the left,; marked 6 e ee, and are closed by snail: springs attached to their axes, above theseen in Fig. 1, and marked 0 c c 0. These doors, like the rest ofthemachine, G G G, and (E G2,).

are made of brass or some other suitable? forward far enough to coverthe said levers and the flat sliding rod and springs, as seen in Fig. 3,and is turned down in front, thus forming two sides of a groove for thesliding rod u, (Fig. 2, H,) while the lower side of the groove is formedby a metallic strip, soldered or otherwise attached to the same, as seenin Fig. 3, ft, The right hand end plate is turned outward at rightangles with the end of the bottom plate as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, letterj, to receive the screws B, B, that attach the register to the woodframe. The left hand end plate is also turned out at a right angle, sofar in front of the door, that when the dial is placed upon its front itwill correspond with the projection of the sliding rod, u, and throughthis plate, also, screws are inserted to secure the register to the woodframe. These several plates are soldered or otherwise firmly securedtogether. The dial is constructed with one hundred teeth or ratchets,and is divided, on its face into a corresponding number of points,numbered as in Fig. 2, a. It is placed in such position on the left handplate as that its bottom will correspond with the sliding rod u, and sothat there shall be room on its left to attach a door to the plate andon the right for the catch or bolt, 70. The axis or axle of the dialconsists of a pin inserted in a tube (Figs. 1, and 3,q and 1",) ofsufiicient length to steady it, which is secured in the plate, m m m172. Between the dial and the plate, is a narrow strip or plate, whichwe call a vertical register, (Fig. 2, 2,) in which are inserted pinsprojecting on its surface, say of an inch in length, and about of aninch apart, marked L L L L. Upon the back of the dial and opposite toFigs. 95 and 0 a small wedge, as seen in Fig. 5, & is attached, of athickness corresponding to the length of the pins, in such a manner thatat each revolution of the dial, the wedge, &, passes under the pins,successively, of the vertical register and forces it upward, so as tobring the figures upon its surface in sight, above the dial. Twometallic straps, one at the top of the plate (which is severed to admitthe passage of the pins-Fig. 1, s 3,) and one just below the axis of thedial, secure it in place; while a slot, extending from the bottom alittle more than half its length up ward, allows it to descend past theaxis of the dial. There are indentations upon the side into which thespring, 7?, falls, to susplate (formed as before described) and to oneend is attached a catch or hook, (0) by a screw (06) which is forcedinto the lower ratchets of the dial by a small spring, DJ

It is made long enough so that its other end will extend or g of an inchbeyond the axis of the door farthest from the dial, which other end isbent at a right angle to present a surface for the action of the lever,V, as seen in Fig. 3, and to arrest the motion of the slide by itscontact with the block or wedge, R, when the rod is re- Flat springs,

turning, at the proper point. with catches at one end, are secured tothe sliding rod by the other, on the side next the axles of the'doors,and in such manner that the catches shall be opposite those axlesrespectively. (Fig. 3, N N N N.) The springs are about two thirds thewidth of the rod, and have each a pin projecting, on the upper side,near the catch, in length about one third the width of the rod (whosewidth is about inch) as seen in Fig. 6, g g g g. The levers, T T T T, inFig. 3, are secured to the axes of the doors (6 e e 6,) by nuts (f f ff,) so as to move with them. They are placed at such a distance from theplate, as not to interfere with the blocks, R R R R, whose thicknesscorresponds to the length of the pins, (g), and which are secured to theplate, by screws, 02 0e 02 as, in such a manner as to present thesurface of one edge to the pins, (9,) at such an angle as to throw offthe springs from the points of the several levers, (T) at the pointwhere they shall have registered upon the dial the number indicated bytheir respective doors: when the lever, V, actuated by the spring, Y,returns the rod, 16, to its place. A. dog or hook, 72, supported byspring, D, prevents a reverse motion of the dial. The dial, verticalregister &c. are covered by a door, 0, which has a flange or rim aroundits inner edge, which shuts close around them, and is secured by thehook or bolt, K. Near the top is a small, glazed aperture (10,) throughwhich are seen the index or pointer (00,) and the necessary fingers onthe top of the dial and upon the vertical register. The

index or pointer is soldered or otherwise fixed permanently on theinside of the door in such manner as to point to the top of the dial andindicate the number it has registrecl.

The register is secured in a wood frame or plank, (G, G G, Fig. 2, and(E (E (E, which is a part of the frame elevated to correspond with theprojection of the dial plate, m m 7771,) by screws, as before mentioned,an opening being made in the frame to receive the metallic framecontaining the doors, which wood frame is made of any suitable size andattached by screws in the desired place. A tube is inserted in it, asseen in Fig. 2, letter I, at such an angle that coin will readily .slidethrough it, for the purpose of paying back change to avoid reopening orkeeping open the doors of the register.

)Vhat we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The arrangement of a series of doors, with the attachment to the axes orhinges thereof of levers, or other mechanism, in such a manner, and insuch connecti0n-by means of a rod or rods, and springs, or othersuitable contrivance or devicewith a dial, or some like mechanism, thateach door, upon being opened, will act upon such dial, or othermechanism in such manner, as to indicate thereon and thereby, the numberindicated by such door,the several doors indicating different numbers,respectively:

also the arrangement of a strip of metal, or

other suitable substance, vertically or in some other position inconnection with such dial, so that by means of a wedge upon the dial andpins upon the said strip, or vice versa, under which, or over which, thewedge successively passes, the said strip will rise, or be forcedoutward from the circumference of the dial, a given distance, at eachrevolution of the dial, and indicate by the figures on the surface ofsuch strip, near the outward or upward end of the same, successivelycoming in sight, above or beyond the circumference of the dial, thenumber of such revolutions of the dial; using for the construction ofthe same any metal or metals or other substance of a suitable anddurable description.

' IRA B. PERSON.

JOEL L. BROCKETT.

Witnesses for I. B. Person:

FREDK. GREGORY, E. S. BAGLEY.

Witnesses for J. L. Brockett:

Lnwrs HANDY, LEWIS GALE.

